Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?

[Anonymous]

Once in a blue moon I will read something that really grabs me and holds on - such that I will reread sections and really have almost a painful feeling of loss when the book ends. I find myself thinking about it and almost trying to find moments that resonate in the book in my own life for days on end.

Does this happen to anyone else? Or am I just a little bit cray cray?

[Anonymous]

Yes, a Thousand Splendid Suns. It was beautiful and heart breaking.

[Anonymous]

OP here- I can't divulge the name of the latest book that gripped me because it's a YA novel that is too embarrassing to admit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here- I can't divulge the name of the latest book that gripped me because it's a YA novel that is too embarrassing to admit.

Please do -- I'm into YA books right now. Just finished The Giver and loved it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here- I can't divulge the name of the latest book that gripped me because it's a YA novel that is too embarrassing to admit.

Please do -- I'm into YA books right now. Just finished The Giver and loved it.

Name it! I'm not too ashamed to post all my YA and New Adult nonsense on Goodreads. You can post on an anonymous board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here- I can't divulge the name of the latest book that gripped me because it's a YA novel that is too embarrassing to admit.

Please do -- I'm into YA books right now. Just finished The Giver and loved it.

Divergent series. There. I said it. 2nd book is the best. (hangs head in shame.)

[Anonymous]

Yes, the book was Little Bee.

Still haunts me.

I just can't....

[Anonymous]

Unaccustomed Earth - Jhumpa Lahiri.

[Anonymous]

I just got finished The Secret Life and am terribly sad that it is over. It is a pretty long book and despite working full time, I read it in 3 days. I could not put it down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unaccustomed Earth - Jhumpa Lahiri.

I loved that too, so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unaccustomed Earth - Jhumpa Lahiri.

I loved that too, so much.

Oh gosh, yes. I just downloaded her newest book.

Also, "One Day" by David Nicholls. It was a very cheesy movie, but I'm a sucker for a well-written love story.

[Anonymous]

Oh, yes. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. Such a good book.

[Anonymous]

My mom is still angry about the fact that I "made" her read the Flannery O'Connor short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find", which I thought was awesome. She brings this up 4 or 5 times a year, often to strangers. I was in 10th grade when I recommended it to her. She's been complaining for about 30 years at this point.

[Anonymous]

The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Finished it in one night and still thinking about it.

[Anonymous]

I just read House of Spirits by Allende and I wanted to live in that book forever. Also Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian. I also loved A Thousand Splendid Suns. And the Story of Edgar Sawtelle.